https://www.nps.gov/grpo News releases from Grand Portage National Monument. en-us https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2025-05-12-summer-hours.htm Mon, 12 May 2025 07:26:00 EST GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – Grand Portage National Monument will implement Summer hours starting May 24, 2025. The Heritage Center will be open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the Historic Depot will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2025-05-12-summer-hours.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2024-10-22-winter-hours.htm Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:46:00 EST GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. – On November 3, 2024, Grand Portage National Monument will transition to winter hours. The Heritage Center will be open from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday - Saturday and closed on Sundays. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2024-10-22-winter-hours.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2024-09-04-fall-hours.htm Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:02:00 EST On September 15, 2024, the Heritage Center and Historic Depot will transition to fall hours. Hours for the Heritage Center are 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and the hours for the Historic Depot will be 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. thru October 14, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2024-09-04-fall-hours.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/5-23-24-seasonal-hours.htm Thu, 23 May 2024 07:28:00 EST On May 25, 2024, the Historic Depot at Grand Portage National Monument will be open to the public for the 2024 season. Hours for the Heritage Center and Historic Depot will be 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, 7 days a week. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/5-23-24-seasonal-hours.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/mile-creek-road-realignment-and-bridge-construction.htm Wed, 01 May 2024 06:30:00 EST Construction to realign a portion of Mile Creek Road and construct a new bridge over Grand Portage Creek will begin on May 28th, 2024, with anticipated completion in Fall 2024. During construction, the roadway will continue to be open and single lane. Visitors are encouraged to plan and prepare for delays. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/mile-creek-road-realignment-and-bridge-construction.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2023-05-15-summer-hours.htm Mon, 15 May 2023 05:58:00 EST On May 27, 2023 the Historic Depot will be open to the public for the 2023 season. Hours for the Heritage Center and Historic Depot will be 9:30 am – 5:30 pm daily. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/2023-05-15-summer-hours.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/national-park-service-announces-mile-creek-bridge-construction-and-road-realignment.htm Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:15:00 EST The NPS has selected an alternative for implementation which will remove an existing blind curve. A portion of the original asphalt would be left in place as a walking path, and the road would be re-routed across a new bridge. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/national-park-service-announces-mile-creek-bridge-construction-and-road-realignment.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/national-park-service-issues-mile-creek-road-realignment-and-bridge-construction-environmental-assessment.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2023 04:00:00 EST Cook County, Minnesota and the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe), in partnership with the Grand Portage National Monument, propose to realign a segment of Mile Creek Road/County State Aid Highway 17 and construct a new bridge across Grand Portage Creek. The purpose of this EA is to evaluate the potential impacts of constructing a new bridge across Grand Portage Creek to reduce the hazard caused by a blind curve, eliminate traffic and plowing impacts on an existing historic bridge, and increase pedestrian access. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/national-park-service-issues-mile-creek-road-realignment-and-bridge-construction-environmental-assessment.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/assistant-secretary-bryan-newland-highlights-tribal-co-stewardship-celebrates-homeland-restoration-in-minnesota-visit.htm Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:06:00 EST Assistant Secretary Newland met with leaders from the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and visited the Grant Portage National Monument to learn about the Tribe’s co-management agreement with National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/assistant-secretary-bryan-newland-highlights-tribal-co-stewardship-celebrates-homeland-restoration-in-minnesota-visit.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/heather-boyd-superintendent.htm Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:31:00 EST National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Heather Boyd as the new superintendent of Grand Portage National Monument in Minnesota. Boyd is currently the Administrative Officer at Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park located in Michigan. She will assume her new role later this summer. https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/heather-boyd-superintendent.htm https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/grand-portage-flag-now-flies-at-isle-royale-national-park.htm Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:12:00 EST The Grand Portage Honor Guard stands attention next to the Grand Portage Tribal flag and the United States of America flag. https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/grand-portage-flag-now-flies-at-isle-royale-national-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/winter-research-activities-at-isle-royale-national-park-postponed-until-2022.htm Fri, 15 Jan 2021 06:00:00 EST Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials, and to support the nation's effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, NPS personnel and researchers will not be conducting research on Isle Royale this winter. Researchers from Michigan Technological University, State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the NPS planned to conduct various aspects of ecosystem research this winter as part of a long-term research program and assess the ecological impacts of restoring wolves to the ecosystem. https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/winter-research-activities-at-isle-royale-national-park-postponed-until-2022.htm https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/three-wolves-added-to-isle-royale-population-during-fall-2019-wolf-project.htm Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:00:00 EST The Isle Royale fall wolf translocation project concluded on September 13 after successfully moving three wolves from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the park. The new wolves, two males and one female, bolstered the total island wolf population to 17, which now includes nine males and eight females. https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/three-wolves-added-to-isle-royale-population-during-fall-2019-wolf-project.htm https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-wolf-project-continues-with-michigan-wolves.htm Sat, 07 Sep 2019 04:00:00 EST Isle Royale National Park resumed it’s wolf translocation project this week. Park staff and partners successfully moved a wolf from Michigan’s mainland to Isle Royale on Friday, September 6. https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-wolf-project-continues-with-michigan-wolves.htm https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-wolf-population-update-may-29-2019.htm Wed, 29 May 2019 06:00:00 EST In late March, the NPS discovered a translocated wolf’s GPS collar transmitting a mortality mode signal. https://www.nps.gov/isro/learn/news/isle-royale-wolf-population-update-may-29-2019.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/rendezvous-days-and-pow-wow-2016.htm Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:36:00 EST Rendezvous and Pow Wow Special Event - Grand Portage - August 12-14, 2016 https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/rendezvous-days-and-pow-wow-2016.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/maiingan-wolf-tells-a-grand-portage-story.htm Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:00:00 EST Isle Royale Maiingan Wolf Tells a Grand Portage Story https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/maiingan-wolf-tells-a-grand-portage-story.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/book-signing-ancient-earth-and-the-first-ancestors-a-cultural-and-geological-journey.htm Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:14:00 EST Book Signing: Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors: A Cultural and Geological Journey by Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy in the Heritage Center at Grand Portage National Monument https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/book-signing-ancient-earth-and-the-first-ancestors-a-cultural-and-geological-journey.htm https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/rendezvous-with-history-a-grand-portage-story.htm Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:39:00 EST New Park Film Debuts at Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/news/rendezvous-with-history-a-grand-portage-story.htm